Part of Great Adaptations
Saturday, May 28, 2011, 1:00 p.m.

Dirs. Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi. 2007, 96 mins.

Digital projection. English version. With the voices of Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands, Sean Penn. Based on the graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi. Satrapi’s autobiographical animation follows headstrong teen Marji as she comes of age in turbulent 1970s and ’80s Iran. She is sent to school in Vienna, leading to an uprooting of everything she knows. Rated PG-13.

Free with Museum admission.

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